Regional Accent Sayings

#1. This is the Southland burr, the only distinctive regional accent in the country. It's a soft appealing noise, deriving, I presume, from the Sottish settlers, but resembling no known Scottish accent. It's simply Kiwi English with added r's.

Joe Bennett

#2. There's nothing like TV when it comes to eroding a regional accent.

Stephen King

#3. Also, as a rule of thumb, if you find yourself defending your inalienable right to make someone else feel like garbage, you're on the wrong side of the argument.

Rich Burlew

#4. They were all brave men when faced with death. If they had had half as much fortitude in the face of life, they would have been invincible.

Donald Jack

#5. Who can know anybody?' said the bookshop owner. 'Every person is like thousands of books. New, reprinting, in stock, out of stock, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, rubbish. The lot. Different every day. One's lucky to be able to put his hand on the one that's wanted, let alone know it.

Russell Hoban

#6. I find a lot of poetry very disappointing, but I do have poets that I go back to. One book of poetry that I'd like to mention is 'The Exchange' by Sophie Cabot Black. Her poems are difficult without being too difficult.

Billy Collins

#7. He says, " 'Lovely' is a lovely word that should be used more often.

Jennifer Niven

#8. What do you want to kiss me for? I'm filthy.'- Liesel
So am I.'- Rudy

Markus Zusak

#9. Criminalistics doesn't exist in a vacuum. The more you know about your environment, the better you can apply- (This quote was never completed in the book because Rhyme stopped abruptly at the end of it. I really wish he had finished his thought.)

Jeffery Deaver

#10. Well, I can certainly see why we're trying to keep them alive. Who wouldn't want pets that can burn, sting, and bite all at once?

J.K. Rowling

#11. Sometimes the magnetism of a song is impossible to ignore, and it demands that it be sung in a certain way.

Tom Waits

#12. Girls weren't drug addicted, they were love addicted, and that, I'll learn, is far harder to treat.

Rachel Lloyd

#13. The very lack of opportunity the group faces creates a self-defeating cycle and puts pressure on members to limit their aspirations.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter